King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Paradise
CategoryTheological Term / Afterlife Term
Modern Equivalenta place of bliss; heaven; the abode of the righteous after death.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionFrom the Persian pairidaeza (a walled garden). In the KJV it appears three times — Christ's promise to the dying thief, Paul's account of being caught up to paradise, and the paradise of God in Revelation where the tree of life grows. It describes the blessed dwelling place of the redeemed.
Key Verses"And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:43); "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." (Revelation 2:7)